To put it in perspective, the series of examinations started with roughly 160,000 students taking the AMC, then only 6500 students qualified to take the AIME, and now these 3 are in the rare company of only 558 participants invited to take the USAMO. Additionally, of the 75 T-STEM students that competed at WSSEF, we had 27 1st place winners!! Aditi Ekhote received Distinguished Delegate honors and an award for her Position Paper. Nikhil Mehta, and The team consisted of the following members: William Gong: 10th Grade Maybe some day they will thank you when they are giving their acceptance speech at the Oscars. ESRI willmake a decision later in May or early June. Additionally, Drug Combinations with Antibiotics and Curcumin to Combat Antibiotic Drug Resistance, Pacific Science Center Certificate of Achievement special category award, Ohio Wesleyan University Outstanding Achievement in Science Scholarship ($20,000 renewable scholarship, total of $80,000), WolframResearch, Inc. Mathematica Certificate of Achievement, Side note: was also pulled for ISEF judging and almost won a trip to Phoenix, 1st place in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Category, Senior Division, Greet Sense: A Facial Recognition and Obstacle Detection Device for the Visually- Impaired and Blind, 2nd place place in Embedded Systems Category, Senior Division, Do Real Things Award of Excellence in Science and Engineering, IEEE - Seattle electro-technologyspecial category award, $125, SPIE - International Society for Optics and Photonics special category award, $150, Assessing the Apoptotic Effect of the Bacteriocin Nisin on Metastatic Breast Cancer Cell Viability, 2nd place place in Cellular and Molecular BiologyCategory, Senior Division, Car Exhaust Carbon Capture and Filtration by Implementing Synechococcus 7942 in a Photobioreactor, National Oceanic $ Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) special category award, $75, , The Effect of Age on the Presence of Implicit Bias, American Psychological Association special categoryAward, Modeling Potential Drug to Drug Interactions Targeted Towards Cardiovascular Systems, 1st place in the Computational BiologyCategory, Senior Division, 1st place in Engineering Mechanics Category, Senior Division, Washington State University - Voliland College of Engineering and Architecture $8000scholarship for each student, 1st place in Behavioral and Social Sciences Category, Senior Division, Improving AccuracyRate of Bitemark Analysis in Forensic Odontology, 1st placein Biomedical and Health Science category, Senior Division, US Army - Biomedical Sciences special category award, 1st placein Behavioral and Social SciencesCategory, Senior Division, Creating a More Cost-Effective Hydroponics System to Compete with Conventional Agriculture, One of top 6 projects in entire Fair - won an all expense paid trip to Phoenix, ISEF Finalist, 1st place in Biomedical and Health Sciences, Senior Division, Evergreen State College, one-year full-tuition scholarship, Pacific Science Center Certificate of Achievementspecial category award, Wolfram Research, Inc. Mathematica Certificate of Achievement Award, 1st place in Environmental Engineering Category, Senior Division, 2nd place in Environmental Engineeringcategory, Senior Division, US Army special category award inlifesciences special category award, 1st place in Behavioral and Social SciencesCategory, Senior Division, 1stplace in Behavioral and Social Sciencescategory, Senior Division, Synergism or Antagonism between Docetaxel and Finasteride in Prostate Cancer Model, The Effects of Ascorbic Acid on the Binding BetweenCollagen and Catechin, 1st place in ChemistryCategory, Senior Division, American Chemical Society-Puget Sound Section special category Award, $25, 1st place in Earth and Environmental SciencesCategory, Senior Division, 1st place in Plant SciencesCategory, Senior Division, Washington State University - College of Arts and Sciences $16,000scholarship, Seattle Pacific University scholarship - $8000 over 4 years, Puget Sound Institute of Food Technologies special category award, Plant Sciences Achievement special categoryAward, $150, 1st place in Environmental EngineeringCategory, Senior Division, 1st place in RoboticsCategory, Senior Division, Examining the Activation of Default Mode Networks in Non-Visual Blinks, US Army special category award in lifesciences special category award, Low CostSolar Desalination System Utilizing Salt-Rejecting and Solar Absorber Technology for Quick and Efficient Desalination, Marine Sciences Outstanding Research in biology, chemistry, physics and geology special category award, Olympic College Outstanding STEM projectspecial category Award, Washington National Guard Top Scientific or Engineering project Certificate of Excellence, $200, Implementing Eye-Tracking Technology For the Advancement of Driver Training, 1st place in Systems Softwarecategory, Senior Division, US Army special category award in mathematics and computersciences special category award, Health and Safety (PNS-AIHA) Excellence Award, Exploration into Analyzing the Auditory Cortex in Relation to Attention as Measured by Alpha and BetaWaves, Forecasting the Effects of Climate Change on the Distribution of the Pacific Sideband Snail, USDA Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station award, $50, Involuntary Muscle Contraction to Determine If Someone is Lying or Telling the Truth, The Analysis of Environmental Factors Through the Implementation of a Machine Learning-Backed Aerial Drone For Increased Accuracy in Forest Fire Risk Assessment, Normal E Borlaug Excellence in Sustainability Award, $100, Maya Chhong Affiliate Honorable Mention, Aditi Joshi Affiliate Honorable Mention, Amrita Narasimhan Affiliate Honorable Mention, Daniela Shuman Affiliate Award & National Honorable Mention, Roshni Srikanth Affiliate Honorable Mention, Tarini Srikanth Affiliate Award & National Honorable Mention, Thali Tsai Affiliate Award & National Honorable Mention, Please join us in congratulating our knowledge bowl team that competed in the state competition in the 2A division this Saturday in Yakima and came home with 2, https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13sWf3XgjRrGyfxNyV4YgYt5F3IJZ9l_W40ulqgLGccI/edit#gid=0, The Tesla STEM Model United Nations club attended the annual Washington State Model United Nations Conference on March 2. Im Sami and my favorite scientist is Wolfgang Pauli. Listed at the end of this emailare the 1st place winners - and the following link can be used to see all 1st place winners:https://wssef.org/2020-wssef-first-place-trophy/. This competition is an important part of our curriculum because it gives them a taste of the reality of working as a team to design, develop and test a big coding project. 50 Stem Activities To Help Kids Think Outside the Box The Internship Recruiting Team is driven by the passion to recognize and develop emerging talent. Team 2, consisting of Prerana Kota, Cheguvijay Aashray, Nakul Rajpal, Srisaitejas Pakalapati, and Sidharth Ganesh, finished in the Top 8. Leonardo Ribeiro de Brito (gr. Activities - Tesla STEM High Tesla STEM High School Home > Activities Activities 2022-23 Awards 2022 International Olympiad in Astronomy and Astrophysics American Mathematics Competition Regeneron Science Talent Search Finalist! Here are the students who scored in the top ten ranking at the State Leadership Conference (March 13th-19th): Rankings 1 -3 have the opportunity to participate in the HOSA Virtual International Leadership Conference starting June 23rd. Sarthak Lodha Introduction to Business: 1st Place - Edward Zhou; Introduction to Business Communication: 6th Place - Osheen Tikku, Introduction to FBLA: 5th Place - Esha Bangur. They have qualified to participate in the state conference in Spokane in April.Business Plan: Dhruv Talwar 2nd placeDigital Video Production: Team of Varun Vennkatesh and Sashu Shankar 6th place; Patrick Mao 3rd placeE-Business: Team of Jack Tribolett, Yukito Shida and Lucian Petriuc 6th place; William Wang 4th placeBusiness Calculations: Rashida Hakim 6th placeBusiness Communication: Vaishnavi Phadnis 1st placeBusiness Law: Isha Murali 5th place, Vidha Sudhesh 2nd placeComputer Problem Solving: Fred Qin 6th place; Lawrence Atienza 1st placeCyber Security: Lawrence Atienza 1st placeDatabase Applications: MacQuarrie Thomson 4th placeFBLA Principles and Procedures: Ila Sharma 6th placeHealthcare: Christine Lee 6th place; Vaishnavi Phadnis 2nd place, Salil Kanade 1st placeInsurance and Risk Management: Rishi Ramesh 5th place; Fred Qin 3rd placeIntroduction to Business: Maxwell Wang 2nd placeIntroduction to Business Communication: Sonika Tayade 2nd placeIntroduction to Business Procedures: Lauren Kim 3rd place; Aashna Sheth 1st placeIntroduction to Information Technology: Rishi Kavikondala 3rd placeIntroduction to Parliamentary Procedure: Toma Itagaki 2nd Management Information Systems: Team of Salil Kanade and Prerna Kulkarni 2nd place; Team of Lawrence Atienza, Fred Qin and Larry Wang 1st placeNetwork Design: Team of Katie Chalmers and Amulya P 2nd placeNetworking Concepts: Shruti Kompella 5the place; Amulya P 3rd placeSecurities and Investments: Tyler Warden 5th place; Neha Nagvekar 3rd place, Rashida Hakim 1st placeEntrepreneurship: Dhruv Talwar 6th place; team of Aashna Sheth and Claire Yang 3rd placeEmerging Business Issues: Team of Shruti Kompella and Rafia Khatri 5th place; team of Audrey Tseng and Fred Qin 2nd placeJob Interview: Apoorv Khandelwal 4th place; Afeef Sheikh 2nd placeBusiness Ethics: Team of MacKenzie MacLauchlin, Pooja Senapati and Aivy Tran 5th place; Rashida Hakim 2nd placePublic Speaking I: Rishi Kavikondala 1st placePublic Speaking II: Sarah Tarta 5th place, MacQuarrie Thomson 2nd placeImpromptu Speaking: Kamran Badh 2nd place, Maxwell Wang 1st placeIntroduction to Business Presentation: Team of Christine Lee, Eric Yin, Toma Itagaki 5th place; team of Aashna Sheth, Ila Sharma and Sonika Tayade 4th place. This year, Tesla STEM qualified for the National Science Olympiad for the first time by finishing 1st at the Washington State Tournament. Congratulations to Sophia Xu Ling, who won the Congressional Art Competition for Washington's first congressional district. Arihant Singh - Founder of Tesla STEM Neuropsychology - LinkedIn Students at ISEFare awarded the opportunity to showcase their independent research and compete for on average$5 million in prizes. The events are all online, but club leaders are working to create a friendly, supportive culture like those we have seen in the other major teams in Washington (Bothell, Camas, Raisbeck). We also had more students participate in the test this year than ever before, including Nikhil Mehta, Ethan Liao, Jolie Chan, Emma Shi, David Soto, George Zhang, Barath Saravanan, Jerry Chen, Navaneet Girikumar, Natalie Qiu, Boaz Wu, Atharv Dixit, and Jhet Cooperrider Young. Congratulations to all of the winners listed below, and to our new State Officer At-Large, Brayden Brackett! The fourth place ranking still has a chance of attending depending on ranking 1-3 participation. I couldn't have done this without help from the two of you. Please congratulate our young scholars who participated in the 64th Annual Washington Science and Engineering Fair (WSSEF) which was held remotely on Friday and Saturday, March 26-27th. Aditi will compete along withapproximately 1,800 high school students from more than 75 countries, regions, and territories.